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作者:Ewalt, JAG; Jennings, ET Jr
作者单位:Eastern Kentucky University; Eastern Kentucky University; University of Kentucky
摘要:Landmark welfare reform legislation passed in 1996 has been operating by legislative extensions since its expiration in September 2002. At this writing, reauthorization has been derailed by controversy over various legislative proposals. In this article, we contribute to the welfare policy debate by studying the importance of specific policy tools and the role of public administration in the dramatic fall in welfare caseloads from 1996 to 2000. Using administrative and survey data on welfare p...
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作者:Hambleton, R; Sweeting, D
作者单位:University of Illinois System; University of Illinois Chicago; University of Illinois Chicago Hospital
摘要:Significant changes in the political management of local authorities in the United Kingdom are now taking place as a result of legislation passed by the Labour government since 1997. The new political management models aim to modernize local governance by strengthening local leadership, streamlining decision making, and enhancing local accountability. These changes owe much to U.S. experience: They involve the introduction of a separation of powers between an executive and an assembly, and the...
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作者:Herbert, AW
作者单位:Indiana University System; Indiana University Bloomington; Indiana University System; Indiana University Bloomington
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作者:Roberts, A
作者单位:Syracuse University
摘要:The World Trade Organization and other intergovernmental organizations confront a crisis of legitimacy that is partly rooted in their perceived secretiveness. These organizations have attempted to address this crisis by promising the maximum possible level of transparency,' but in fact, the improvements have been modest. Policies regarding access to information about intergovernmental organizations' operations continue to accommodate conventions of diplomatic confidentiality. Such conventions ...
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作者:Cooper, TL
作者单位:University of Southern California
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作者:Bowling, CJ; Cho, CL; Wright, DS
作者单位:Auburn University System; Auburn University; University of North Carolina; University of North Carolina Chapel Hill
摘要:Scholars have long suspected the blanket description of bureaucrats as budget maximizers is simplistic and inaccurate. This article provides empirical grounds for questioning that description and enhances our understanding of bureaucratic fiscal preferences. Bureaucratic preferences for expansion are distributed along a continuum. A typology of agency heads' expansion preferences is developed and related to Downs's typology of bureaucrats. Data from eight surveys of state agency heads (1964-98...
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作者:Riccucci, NM; Meyers, MK; Lurie, I; Han, JS
作者单位:Rutgers University System; Rutgers University New Brunswick; Rutgers University Newark; University of Washington; University of Washington Seattle; State University of New York (SUNY) System; University at Albany, SUNY
摘要:This study examines the extent to which staff in local welfare systems have embraced new welfare reform goals and, if so, the extent to which local management practices contribute to the alignment of staff priorities with policy objectives. It looks at agency structure and several aspects of public management from a microperspective that prior research has linked to agency performance including training, performance monitoring, staff resources, leadership characteristics, and personnel charact...